Cabinet.



WMX M' PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906. H P. MODONNELL- CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1905.

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No. 812,074. PATENTBD FEB. 6, 1906.

H. P. MODONNELL.

CABINET.

APPLICATION rum) JUNE 24, 1905.

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N 812 074. PATENTED FEB. s 1906.

H. F. MoDONNELL.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1905.

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UNITED STA'IlF S PATENT OFFICE.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed June 24, 1905. Serial No. 266,747.

To alZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY F. MoDoNNELL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Latrobe, in the county of Testmoreland and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets,of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to cabinets, and has for its objects to produce acomparatively simple inexpensive device of this character designedespecially for use as awashstand and one having various compartmentswhich are readily accessible for the introduction or removal of theircontents.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter equipped with an ironingboard, one in which the board willnormally occupy a folded unobstructing position and may be readilypositioned for use and one in which the board will when in unfoldedposition be firmly supported.

A further object of the invention is to provide the device with a mirrorwhich may be readily adjusted to convenient positions for use.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acabinetembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a vertical longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation, partly in section, the section being taken on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3, with the top portion of the frame broken away; and Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the device with the ironing-board in position for use.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the cabinet, comprising a frontwall 2, a rear wall 3, end walls 4, and a top wall 5, to which latterthere is secured vertical supports 6, designed to sustain a shelf 7,there being provided in one of the end walls 4 an opening 8, leading toan inner compartment 9 and normally closed by a door 10, hinged at itslower edge in ears 11 and provided with pivoted supporting'legs 12,which normally hang by gravity in vertical position and are adapted whenthe door is open to swing to position for supporting the outer edge ofthe door, thus to form a shelf or foot-rest. Hinged to the top wall 5and forming a part thereof is a cover 13, designed to be opened, forgaining access to an inner compartment 14 and having fixed to its lowerface an arm or cleat 15, to which is pivoted one end of a link 16,having its other end pivoted to a cleat 17, fixed upon the inner face ofa movable section or leaf 18, hinged to and constituting a part of thefront wall 2, the link connection 16 being such that as the cover 13 isswung upward the leaf 18 will be automatically and simultaneously foldeddownward, While arwhen the leaf is folded downward may be moved to openposition.

Hinged, as at 20, to the rear wall 3 of the cabinet is a pair ofnormally vertical foldable members or standards 21, connected adjacenttheir upper ends by transverse braces 22, arranged in pairs to formguides for the reception of sliding elements or bars 23, which carry amirror-frame 24, in which is pivoted a mirror 25, the bars 23 beingadapted for longitudinal movement to adjust the mirror for use, whileupon the front faces of the braces 22 there are attached verticalconnectingbars 26, which serve to maintain the bars 23 in place. Themembers 21 terminate at their lower ends in a plane flush with that ofthe upper face of the shelf 7, and attached to one of said standards isa rigid depending locking member or arm 27, designed to bear normallyupon the rear face of the wall 3 and provided adjacent its lower endwith an opening or slot 28 to receive a latch member 29 in the form of aturn-button pivoted to the cabinet and adapted to be turned to aposition transversely of and for engagement with the arm 27, asillustrated in Fig. 2, there being attached to the lower end of the arma flexible element or chain 30, which is also secured at 31 to the bodyof the cabinet, this chain serving to receive the strain when thestandards 21 are folded for presenting the ironing-board 32 in positionfor use. Fixed upon the rear face of the other standard 21 is anengaging member or tongue 33, designed to enter a recessed cleat 34,fixed upon the inner or lower face of the ironing-board 32 at a pointadjacent one end of the latter, there being carried by the board a fixedstud or pin 35, which enters a perforation 36, provided in a cross-piece37, fixed to the adjacent standard 2]. and serving, in conjunction withthe interengaging members 33 34, to firmly but detachably secure theboard to the standard, whereby the board will in practice move with itssupporting-frame, which latter comprises ranged with the cabinet is adrawer 19, which IUO the hinged bars or standards 21 and theconnecting-braces 22.

Pivotally connected at its upper end to one of the standards 21 throughthe medium of one of the braces 22 is a bracing member or leg 38, inturn pivoted adjacent its center to the cabinet by means of a pintle oraxle 39,

, entered through a slot 40, extending longitudinally of the member 38,the construction being such that when the board-supporting frame isfolded downward for bringing the board to active position the leg 38will be swung-automatically to supporting position, as illustrated inFig. 5, and will when the frame is swung to normal position be returnedto an unobstructing position at the side of the cabinet, as illustratedin Fig. 1.

In practice the compartment 8, adapted to receive blacking,shoe-brushes, and the like, is normally closed by the door 10, whichwhen moved to open position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, constitutes ashoe-rest, While the compartments 14 and 19 are normally closed by meansof the lid 13 and leaf 18, which move simultaneously to open position,as heretofore explained, it being understood that the drawer 19 ismaintained normally in closed position by the leaf 18. When the foldableframe is in normal position, the extension 27 on one of the standards 21is engaged by the turn-button 29, as seen in Fig. 2, thus to lock theframe against movement, and the ironing-board is detachably engaged withsaid frame and adapted for movement therewith, owing to the engagementof tongue 33 with the recessed cleat 34 and pin 35 with opening 36, itbeing understood that the board may be detached when desired by unseatinthe pin from the opening and the recessed cleat from the tongue. When itis desired to use the board, the button 29 is turned to register withopening 28, thus permitting the frame, which includes members 21, to befolded forwardly, as seen in Fig. 5, this movement of the frame servingto swing the leg or supporting element 38 auwhich is pending armprovided tomatically to supporting position, while the forward movementof the frame is limited by the shelf 7, on which it rests, and thestrain on the parts relieved by means of chain 80. The mirror 25, whichmay be utilized for shaving or other toilet purposes, normally occupiesan unobstructing position, as seen in Fig. 1, but may be positioned foruse by moving the guide-bars 23 longitudinally outward within the guides22.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simpleinexpensive device of this character admirably adapted for theattainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changesin the details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimis 1. The combinationwith a cabinet, of a standard hinged thereto and having a dewith anopening, a turn-button adapted for entrance through said opening and tobe turned into engagement with the standard, and a board attached to andadapted for movement with the latter.

2. The combination with a cabinet, of a supporting-standard hingedthereto to swing from a vertical to a horizontal. position, a dependingarm carried by the standard, a latchv ing member adapted for engagementwith said arm to lock the standard in vertical position, anironing-board attached to and for movement with the standard, and asupporting-leg pivoted between its ends and operatively engaged with thestandard for automatic movement thereby to supporting position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY F. MODONNELL.

Witnesses:

O. R. PERSI-IING, T. L. FREEBLE.

